An authority on polymer chemistry who...

ALAN REMBAUM, 70,

June 22, 1986

PASADENA, CALIF. — ALAN REMBAUM, 70, an authority on polymer chemistry who was awarded 52 patents in 24 years as a researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, died June 12. Rembaum's work involved using microscopic latex particles to seek out and separate cancer cells from normal cells, providing a form of cancer therapy. His team of researchers at JPL developed the solid-state lithium- iodine battery that is widely used in heart-regulating pacemakers.